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thursdayJuly 25, 2019

n 4H COUNTY FAIR WEEK2019 LAS ANIMAS COUNTY FAIRJULY 22-27: Fun for the whole family at

the annual County Fair will be held at the Las Animas County Fairgrounds on N. Lin-den St. All events listed will be in Expo Center unless otherwise noted. Info: www.coopext.colostate.edu/lasanimas/

THURSDAY — JULY 25*10 a.m.-8 p.m. / Family Fun Day*10 a.m. / Sheep Show *1 p.m. / Dog Show*5 p.m. / Cattle Show FRIDAY — JULY 26*10 a.m. / Goat Show *5:30 p.m. / Chili Cookoff Tasting & Awards *8 p.m. / Dance to Cappton Reid SATURDAY — JULY 27*9 a.m. / Round Robin *10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. / Family Fun Day*11 a.m. / Adult Showmanship *5 p.m. / Market Sale

*8 p.m. / Dance to Whiskey Creek

Today’s Quote

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance

to those of us who do”

~T-Shirt Humor

n THURSDAY—JULY 25SCCOG MEETINGTHURS. JULY 25 (1 p.m.) Board of Di-

rectors usually meets in regular session every other month on the 3rd Thursday at the COG Early Learning Center, 1225 Rosita Ave. Info: Gaylene Abeyta, 719-845-1133 ext. 223.

E-911 AUTHORITY THURS. JULY 25 (1:30 p.m.) The E-911

Authority Board will meet at the Trinidad Ambulance District, 939 Robinson. Info: Bar-bara Fisk, 719-846-7360.

n WEEKEND—JULY 26-282019 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWFRI. JULY 26 (5-7 p.m.) The community

is invited to the photo art show opening at the SPACe Gallery, 132 W. Ryus in Le Veta. Show runs thru Aug. 24. Info: 719-742-3084.

MUSIC ON THE LAWNFRI. JULY 26 (6 p.m.) Enjoy the jazz

and blues music of the Daddy Cats at this performance as part of the summer mu-sic program series sponsored by the City of Trinidad Tourism Board that will be held at the Trinidad History Museum, 300 E. Main St. Info: 719-846-7217. Performances will be held every other Friday through Aug. 23.

FREE MEN’S BREAKFASTSAT. (8 a.m.) Fathers and sons join

us for food, fun and fellowship every 4th Saturday at the First Christian Church, 200 S. Walnut St. Info: 719-846-3843.

FREE PET PHOTOSSAT. JULY 27 (8 a.m.-Noon) Come out

to the Farmer’s Market in Cimino Park and get your pet’s free photo taken for Noah’s Ark’s 2020 Pet Calendar and help support the cat and kitten adoption effort. Summer is a critical time for housing the number of cats and kittens — there’s simply not enough room for all of them and many have to be turned away. The animal shelter NEEDS your help! Info: Pat Fletcher, fletcherpat8@aol.com

TRINIDAD FARMER’S MARKETSAT. (8 a.m.-Noon) The 19th annual

event held every Sat. in Cimino Park — runs thru mid-Oct. Info: 719-680-0184.

COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP DAYSUN. JULY 28 (10 a.m.) The community

is invited to join us for worship with fel-lowship to follow at the Southern Apostolic Church of Jesus, 816 Nevada St. Info: Pastor Dave Boyer, 719-846-4325. Refreshments will be served.

n PUBLIC SERVICECALLING ALL VOLUNTEERSIf you are interested in volunteering for

any of the many available patient service needs at the Mt. Rose Health Center Palliative Care & Hospice at 409 Benedicta Ave., please call Volunteer Coordinator Gerri Lucero at 719-846-8478.

FREE SACRED MUSIC CONCERTTUES. JULY 30. 1 (6:30 p.m.) Guest mu-

sician Fr. Casimir Pufkorius will present his annual organ concert at Holy Innocents Catholic Church, 119 W. Colorado Ave. Info: Fr. Peter Raleigh, 303-807-3948.

RAGGIO & FUMIO OPEN HOUSEFRI. AUG. 2 (5-7 p.m.) The community

is invited to join Raggio and Fumio for the opening of “Revelations” at the Sawa Fine Art Gallery, 114 E. Main St. (Galleria Building) Info: www.fumiosawafineart.com

the Fine Print

Thursday: A 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a high near 89. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. West wind around 5 mph.

Friday: An 80 percent chance of show-ers and thunderstorms. High near 87. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Night: A 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: An 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorm.s High near 89. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunder-storms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Purgatoire River Call as of: 07/24/2019. Enlarged Southside Ditch, Priority #80: Appropria-tion Date: 04/07/1877.

Trinidad Reservoir Report:Release 331.64 AFInflow 292.44 AF - 147.44 CFSEvaporation 15.8 AFContent 24,982 AFElevation 6,190.23Precipitation 0

Down Stream Call: Highland Canal, Appropriation date: 04/01/1884.

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Local teens explore, study environmental climate change effects on area community

Trinidad man charged with felonies in reported vehicle break-insSouthern Colorado,

New Mexico students create engaging films during CU Boulder science education workshop experience

Katie Weeman University of Colorado Boulder

Seventeen high school students from southern Colorado and New Mexico journeyed to the University of Colorado Boulder recently to ex-plore — through film — the effects of environmental change on their

lives and in their communities. Through an immersive, sci-

ence-education experience hosted by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sci-ences (CIRES) at CU Boulder, these Upward Bound Math Sci-ence students from Trinidad State

Junior College took a deeper look at climate change topics, and used their new knowledge to create short, educational movies.

The Lens on Climate Change (LOCC) program, funded by the

Steve Block The Chronicle-News

Mark Simon of Trinidad was ar-

rested by city police and has been charged with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts after his al-leged role in a vehicle break-in at 1615 Goodale Ave. on Monday, July 15. Police were dispatched to the area at approximately 2:50 p.m. that day after a report from the alleged victim that her vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet Equinox LT, was being rummaged through by an unknown person.

While on their way to the scene, police were advised that the al-

Kathy Bogan / CIRESMicah Trujillo and Samantha Ingraffia, from Aguilar High School, investigate the effects of warming temperatures on snow reserves by recreating a snow-pack in a beaker through a partnership between Trinidad State Junior College Upward Bound and the Lens on Climate Change program at CU Boulder.

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Relay for Life prepares for what could be largest area relay event ever on Aug. 3Eric John MonsonThe Chronicle-News

Las Animas County Relay for Life is busy preparing for this year’s annual relay sched-uled for Saturday, August 3, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Central Park in Trinidad.

“The awesome thing is that we are growing,” said event organizer Kendra Doherty of Roar for Relay for Life. “And we’ve been able to help a lot more cancer patients in our county this year and Huerfano County… It’s nice to know all the work we do helps every cancer survivor and patient. That’s our goal, to have more birth-days for everyone.”

The August 3 event begins in earnest with a cancer survivor dinner at 5:30 p.m. That is fol-lowed by the “Survivor and Caregiver Lap,” portion of the relay at 6:30 p.m. The always-pow-erful “Luminaria” ceremony is at 9 p.m.

“We would just love for anyone and everyone to come out,” said Doherty. “If you are a cancer survivor, come out. If you are a caregiver, come out. If you have loved ones affected, come, or if you just know someone who knows someone.

File photo / The Chronicle-NewsLocal Relay for Life organizer Kendra Doherty believes that this year’s event on Saturday, Aug. 3 may be the largest area relay ever in the group’s continual fight against cancer. The evening’s schedule has a number of activities slated for participants that will end with the Memorial Luminaria lighting. Many sup-porters, survivors, caregivers and loved ones came out to rally for the cause at the 2018 event, above.

Historical Society, friends to host annual summer picnic

Friends of Historic Trinidad

The Trinidad Historical Soci-ety and The Friends of Historic Trinidad will hold their summer picnic on Saturday July 27, 2019, at the A.R. Mitchell Museum in downtown Trinidad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m.

A highlight of the picnic will

be the Centennial Citizen Award for 2019, which will honor Sam Bachicha, a popular musician and songwriter who was selected to receive the award this year. He is being presented this distinction for the many years he has donated his time to sing and play western music for organizations and par-

Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office now has drone to help in southern Colorado Staff reportThe Chronicle-News

The Pueblo Chieftain reported last week that The Pueblo Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office has launched a drone program following two

years of securing funding for the aircraft.

According to the Chieftain, “The Sheriff’s Office Aerial Re-sponse and Rescue (SOARR) team

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Local teens explore climate change

National Science Founda-tion’s Innovative Tech-nology Experiences for Students and Teachers (IT-EST), targets students who may be the first in their families who are college-bound.

“LOCC is about giving middle and high school kids the tools to investi-gate climate change ef-fects in their community and start dialogues about those effects,” said Erin Leckey, program man-ager of LOCC. “We hope that through making their films that kids learn to be change makers and build resilience for their com-munities. The empower-ment is as important as

STEM skills they gain.”The workshop asked

them to think harder about the effects of climate change on their every-day lives. CIRES and the Colorado Film School in Denver mentors worked closely with the students throughout the week, as they explored critical envi-ronmental issues through creative brainstorming, research, and film-making.

Many of the students visited and filmed at unique locations around Boulder, such as a group that examined beaver dams and the role they play in protecting ecosys-tems.

“The coolest thing I did

was to get in the water and interview Emily Fairfax [a graduate student at CU Boulder and a beaver ex-pert] because we were in the water and we got to be a film crew together,” said Micah, a high school fresh-man from Aguilar High School, just north of Trini-dad. “There were challeng-es and we overcame those challenges.”

To celebrate the stu-dents’ accomplishments, the team held a public film screening on July 13 on the CU Boulder campus. Film topics included: solar energy, beaver dam resto-ration, ocean contamina-tion, and uranium mine hazards.

Kathy Bogan / CIRESA pair of New Mexico students learn how to use film equipment from their CU Boulder graduate student mentor, Amy Richman, through a partnership between Trinidad State Junior College Up-ward Bound and the Lens on Climate Change program at CU Boulder.

Trinidad School District No. 1Trinidad High School Miner Varsity Volleyball team members include (L-R) Victoria Bachicha, Julia Holden, Gianna Vezzani, Coach Velasquez, Katlynn Hamman, Adrianna Bachicha and Rylie Pachelli.

THS Miner Varsity Volleyball Team finishes in 2nd Place,

Silver Division at Hoehne High School Tournament

Hoehne High School recently hosted a two-day volleyball tournament with 21 teams participating. The Trinidad High School varsity team competed in the Silver Division and made it to final round against the La Junta Tigers, with the Tigers winning the best 2 out of 3 sets. The Miner team represented THS well in tournament play and are looking forward to a successful season. The team is coached by Jose Velasquez. Thanks to Coach Velasquez, the girls have been able to attend volleyball camps and tournaments throughout the summer.

CPW offers introductory

2-day workshop to basic

fly-fishing, tying flies

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Telluride, Colo. - The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission today unanimously approved a multi-year ex-pansion of the Public Access Program that will include up to 100,000 acres added to the program by the fall 2019 hunting season. The Public Access Program pro-vides limited, seasonal hunting and fish-ing opportunities on Colorado trust land across the state.

“I congratulate the Parks and Wildlife Commission and the State Land Board for expanding access to Colorado state lands,” said Dan Gibbs, Executive Di-rector of the Department of Natural Re-sources. “The expansion of the Public Ac-cess Program passed by CPW today and the State Land Board earlier this month will grow the program by more than 20% to 585,000 acres over the next year. Colo-rado is a growing state with increased demand for recreation, hunting and an-gling throughout Colorado. In the coming years, Governor Polis and the Depart-ment of Natural Resources will continue

to seek additional access opportunities to encourage Coloradans to experience, ex-plore, and enjoy the outdoors.”

Today’s vote is the first step in a multi-year effort to double the size of the Pub-lic Access Program from 480,000 acres to nearly one million acres. This is the first major expansion of the program since it began in 1993.

In August, CPW will announce the lo-cations of the new lands enrolled in the Public Access Program for fall 2019’s hunting season. The Public Access Pro-gram currently includes 480,000 acres, the majority of which are located in North-western Colorado where there is prime big game hunting. CPW will enroll lands in the plains of Eastern Colorado where bird hunting and small game hunting is popular to provide a broader array of op-portunities on trust lands.

“Colorado is known for our incredible natural beauty, and I’m committed to ex-panding the public’s access to and enjoy-ment of our treasured state and federal land. CPW’s Public Access Program for sportsmen and women is growing just in

time for the upcoming 2019 hunting sea-son. We will continue looking at more opportunities to increase access and help relieve overcrowded areas,” said Gover-nor Jared Polis.

The Public Access Program is one of several ways hunters and anglers can get out in Colorado. Colorado spans 66.6 mil-lion acres and 23 million acres of public land is available for hunting.

Additionally, three million acres of land in Colorado are called trust lands and have been held in a trust since state-hood in 1876 for the purpose of funding public schools. The State Land Board earns money for schools from trust lands by leasing the land for a variety of pur-poses, including hunting and recreation. Trust land leases have earned $1.4 billion for Colorado public schools in the past decade and have been the primary fund-ing source for the Department of Educa-tion’s Building Excellent Schools Today program.

Public access for wildlife-related rec-reation on trust lands is made possible through the Public Access Program, a

lease agreement between the State Land Board and CPW. CPW funds its 1 million acre lease through hunting and fishing license fees and the ‘Future Generations Act’ approved by the 2018 legislature.

“I’m thrilled that hunters and an-glers will have more access to state trust lands in Colorado this season,” said Dan Prenzlow, CPW director. “Hunters and anglers are a critical foundation to wild-life conservation. They make significant contributions to our local economy, espe-cially rural economies. It’s an added ben-efit that our Public Access Program helps fund Colorado school kids.”

Trust lands enrolled in the Public Ac-cess Program are open to a variety of wildlife-related uses, primarily hunting and fishing. For hunter safety, wildlife protection, and the integrity of the land, the public must follow the rules and regu-lations at each property enrolled in the program. Unauthorized activity on trust lands is subject to enforcement.

The public may view land enrolled in the Public Access Program using CPW’s Hunting ATLAS.

Colorado hunting on public land expands for 2019 season

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

PUEBLO, Colo. – Ever wanted to learn to fly fish or tie you own flies? Colorado Parks and Wildlife is offering a free, two-day introductory workshop for anglers wanting to learn the art of the fly rod and its artificial lures.

The workshop is scheduled the weekend of July 27-28 at the Pueblo Hunter Education building, 2600 W. Mesa Ave., Pueblo, 81004.

The workshop will consist of both classroom and field instruction. Participants will learn about the necessary equipment, materials and techniques used to create effec-tive alpine fly patterns.

Participants will then have the chance to learn about nu-merous alpine fly-fishing strategies that can increase their odds of catching more and larger fish when planning a visit to Colorado’s high country.

The Saturday classroom session will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be followed by a fishing trip on Sunday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“This workshop will provide anglers with an introduc-tion to basic fly-tying while also helping to enhance their angling skills to make them more successful on the water,” said Mike Brown, CPW District Wildlife Manager.

The workshop is free and open to the first 20 registra-tions.

To register for the class go to the following link and complete the registration;https://www.register-ed.com/invite/5d276121e506d

For questions or further information, please contact Brown at 719-250-4269.